Smoke from bushfires impacting the south-west

Smoke from the Kentbruck fire billows into the air on Friday. Photo courtesy Department of Sustainability and Environment

THE Country Fire
Authority has advised south-west residents that there is a significant amount of smoke in the air from bushfires across the southern part of Australia.

The largest blaze in Victoria is in the Kentbruck-Mount Richmond district, west of Portland. The fire, which started on Friday afternoon, has burnt through more than 2700 hectares and is being tackled by 200 firefighters.

"It is expected that
this smoke will continue to drift across Victoria for some time," the CFA said in a statement released this morning.